Ennis-Hill disappointed after finishing second in 2011 - but she did not know her opponent had cheated

She had 45 days to appeal against the decision after bring notified by post and once Friday passes, the sport's governing body the IAAF plan to ratify Ennis-Hill's gold medal.

As of Thursday night, the IAAF were not aware of any appeal.

It means Ennis-Hill - who was awarded a damehood in the New Year honours - cements her place as one of the greatest British track and field athletes bringing her tally to THREE world titles as well as Olympic gold at London 2012 and silver in Rio this summer.

SunSport revealed last month that athletics chiefs want the Sheffield athlete to be presented with the gong in the Olympic Stadium at the World Championships in London this August - the scene of her Super Saturday glory.

Jess crosses the line behind Russian Tatyana Chernova who was doping the whole time

The move follows almost a two year fight by Ennis-Hill and her team to get upgraded with her case overshadowed by the doping scandal which engulfed the sport and its now disgraced former president Lamine Diack.

The Sheffield athlete announced her retirement from athletics in November.

Chernova beat Ennis-Hill to gold in South Korea over FIVE years ago but in February 2015 was given a drugs ban and had her results from August 15 2009 to 14 August 2011 wiped out after an old blood sample was re-tested.

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This was because she was handed a ban of three years, eight months, for a separate blood doping violation.

That means she loses her gold from Daegu, South Korea and Olympic BRONZE from London when she finished behind Ennis-Hill. Lithuanian Austra Skujyte will be upgraded to Olympic bronze after finishing fourth.
Ironically Ennis-Hill admitted after winning Olympic gold at London 2012 that losing to Chernova had spurred her on to success at the home Games.